Notable Psychologists: 

- Sigmund Freud

- Carl Jung

- Alfred Adler

Psychodynamic

What determines behavior?

Involves theories explaining how human behavior is determined solely by unconscious factors that we have no control over. This perspective considers the idea that we reveal how we feel by accidental slips of the tongue

What is it?

States that our childhood experiences have great influence on our adult lives and personalities. It also states that our feelings and decisions are shaped by past experiences.

Biological

Notable Psychologists:

-Charles Darwin

- Ivan Pavlov

What is it?

Examines the mind and body relationship, neural mechanisms, and genetic influences.

What determines behavior?

Involves studying how brain trauma affects people, how genetics shapes people, and things like degenerative brain diseases affect behavior. 

Huamnistic

Notable Psychologists:

- Rollo May

- Erich Fromm

- Carl Rogers

What is it?

This perspective looks at the idea that humans have free will and stresses the fact that people value personal worth and dignity.

What determines behavior? 

Cognitive

Notable Psychologists:

- Ulric Neisser

- Jean Piaget

- Edward Tolmon

What is it?

Scientific studies about how our minds process information. This includes studying things such as language, memory, thinking, and perception.

What determines behavior?

All of our different moods that we experience have an impact on how we respond to certain circumstances. It analyzes how our thought processes affect our behaviors and stimulus/response

Behavioral

What is it?

This theory involves studying our responses to 

environmental stimuli. It is concerned with observing stimuli/response behaviors.

Notable Psychologists:

- John Watson

- B.F. Skinner

- Clark Hull

What determines behavior?

This perspective focuses on the learning environment a person is in and basically excludes inherited or innate behaviors. 

Sociocultural 

Notable Psychologists:

- Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky

- Moritz Lazarus

- Heymann Steinthal

What is it?

It emphasizes the influence of the society we are exposed to. This includes considering things like social norms, language art, and other cultural factors.

What determines behavior?

This perspective focuses on how our actions are influenced by other people and the unique social situations we are exposed to.